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Nocturnal storms could reach severe criteria in parts of Ontario south
Thunderstorms are expected to rumble their way into parts of southern through Tuesday night, with a chance some could become severe, so make sure you stay alert and be weather-aware
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'Multi-million dollar rain' revives soil in southern Saskatchewan ahead of farm season
After several consecutive years of drought in Saskatchewan, the first heavy rainfall of the year has given life to farmers' soil in southern parts of the province.Ian McCreary's fields near Bladworth, Sask., about 90 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, have been dry for at least the past three years. He has about 1,300 acres of land — about 900 being cropland and the remainder being for hay, pasture and wetlands.In 2021, some sections of the Prairies experienced the worst drought in 50 years. McC
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Race to grab Canada's first 30 C this year heats up: Who will win?
It will be a close call this weekend, but one part of Canada has a commanding lead in the race to grab the country's first 30-degree reading in 2024
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VideoSouth African crews rescue survivors from collapsed building site
Rescuers on Tuesday used cranes, drills and their bare hands to try to reach dozens of people still trapped at the site of a multi-storey building collapse that killed at least six people. People clapped and cheered as rescue workers pulled a person out alive from among the debris, then another one.
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Differing accounts of alleged fire station assault emerge in court
A witness at the trial of a former Ottawa firefighter charged with choking an openly non-binary colleague painted a starkly different picture of the accused than the one the complainant described to police, who initially investigated the incident as a hate crime. Under cross-examination Tuesday at the Ottawa courthouse, firefighter Megan Hills denied ever hearing Eric Einagel disparage rookie Ash Weaver because of Weaver's gender identity.Hills said she witnessed Einagel make a genuine effort to
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Driver killed in crash with commercial vehicle in Caledon: OPP
A 58-year-old driver is dead after his passenger vehicle rear-ended a commercial vehicle in Caledon on Tuesday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say.In a news release, the OPP's Caledon detachment says the fatal collision happened on Humber Station Road, north of King Street. Police were called to the scene just before 11 a.m.The driver, of Mono, Ont., was airlifted to a trauma centre in the Toronto area and was later pronounced dead.A stretch of Humber Station Road was closed for several hours
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18-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder of teen's stabbing death
Ottawa police say they've laid a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of a high school student last week.On May 2, police were called to the 100 block of Constellation Drive in Nepean at around noon and found a teen in critical condition. The 15-year-old, identified by police Tuesday as Ellis Smith, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said the victim, who had attended nearby Sir Guy Ca
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